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he's the author of a new book, foreign policy begins at home. the case, we're putting america's house in order. richard, good to see you. >> thanks for having me, maria. >> it's an intriguing title and you say the biggest threat is not from abroad but within our own home. what do you mean by that? >> two things. first of all, there's nothing abroad that's anything on the scale, say, of nazi germany or the soviet union. we face challenges abroad but nothing is existential. secondly, if we put our house in order, growing at our rate, twice our current rate, deal with long-term entitlement challenges, fix schools, infrastructure and everything else holding us back, we'll have the resources and the capacity, not just to be competitive, but to dough vote the resources, say, to military and foreign policy to discourage a competitor from emerging or if one does emerge, we can take care of it. >> the issue is we're always talking that money is tight. we have infrastructure needs in this country. needs in terms of investing in education. investing in the
he's the author of a new book, foreign policy begins at home. the case, we're putting america's house in order. richard, good to see you. >> thanks for having me, maria. >> it's an intriguing title and you say the biggest threat is not from abroad but within our own home. what do you mean by that? >> two things. first of all, there's nothing abroad that's anything on the scale, say, of nazi germany or the soviet union. we face challenges abroad but nothing is existential....
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the foreign policy expert who says we need to fix what is broken at home first, and why the biggest threat to america is within our borders. it's not what you might think. >>> plus, mario batali's secret sauce. the celebrity chef's expanding empire, and his recipe for success. "on the money" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "on the money." now maria bartiromo. >> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week "on the money." it is the stock market rally that just won't quit. for the first time ever on tuesday, the dow jones industrial average closed above 15,000 and then continued up again into more record territory on wednesday. both days setting all-time highs. the s&p 500 also hit an all-time high on tuesday, closing above 1600. it climbed again on wednesday. the markets took a breather on thursday, but rebounded on friday. we're at the tail end of earnings season. disney and news corp. has better than expected as did media company am c/net works. another sign in the housing comeback, foreclosures fell to the lowest level in six
the foreign policy expert who says we need to fix what is broken at home first, and why the biggest threat to america is within our borders. it's not what you might think. >>> plus, mario batali's secret sauce. the celebrity chef's expanding empire, and his recipe for success. "on the money" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "on the money." now maria bartiromo. >> here is a look at what is making news as we head...
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a lot happening on the foreign policy team. syria, we talked about the red lines. there's a lot of reporting, you starting off and then "the new york times" and others, that the president never intended or had not scripted that red line on chemical weapons. but it was something he ad-libbed in august and now they're stuck with it. they have to figure out what to do about any possible proof of chemical weapons. >> it's such a buzz word, fair, unfair. we know the idea that we're sitting here, parsing words. it is what it is on that front. obviously the white house wanted to send the message that they would have a different policy towards syria and what to do and ponder some form of intervention. had there been proof of chemical weapons. they do get that the world is watching. that other potential enemies in the united states are watching. and now it's about trying to thread a needle here. they do want to do some more for intervening on behalf of what is turning into a humanitarian crisis. let alone a national security crisis. at the same time, they're still trying to
a lot happening on the foreign policy team. syria, we talked about the red lines. there's a lot of reporting, you starting off and then "the new york times" and others, that the president never intended or had not scripted that red line on chemical weapons. but it was something he ad-libbed in august and now they're stuck with it. they have to figure out what to do about any possible proof of chemical weapons. >> it's such a buzz word, fair, unfair. we know the idea that we're...
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government leverage its technology to foreign policy. i just found it interesting that the obama campaign hired 380 analyst to look at who is a messenger, what is the policy, what platform. and if you look at the state department and the national security council, i think there is zero or a handful of the analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the deaths were saying, this is the policy, this is the messenger, this is the platform that we should use. so, could you go beyond social media and soda share your thoughts on how to leverage data to form foreign policy? >> the current problem is still -- the good news is the foreign policy apparatus gets the boards of technology. the problem is, we still view in foreign policy technology to the lens of public diplomacy in communicating, and i am not discounting the importance of public diplomacy and communicating, but that is just one instrument of statecraft. the bigger sort of role that technology can play is in how it empowers local entities and individua
government leverage its technology to foreign policy. i just found it interesting that the obama campaign hired 380 analyst to look at who is a messenger, what is the policy, what platform. and if you look at the state department and the national security council, i think there is zero or a handful of the analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the deaths were saying, this is the policy, this is the messenger, this is the platform that we should use. so,...
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policy doesn't really it is there's a lot of contradiction in foreign policy and one learns that i almost gave a diplomat myself and i saw it firsthand but the u.s. is now arming the sum over the rebels in syria and it's giving humanitarian aid to finance the refugees. who are fleeing from syria into jordan it is kind of crazy and the u.s. policy is very confused in syria so all the other western countries they don't know who to support or what to do and probably a lot of them are starting to think maybe we should have gotten involved in this yeah yeah no kidding i want to play a clip by general wesley clark in two thousand and seven where he's going to speak about a time period immediately following afghanistan where your take on all of this and up when i came back to the pentagon about six weeks later i saw the same all sure i said why why haven't we attacked iraq we're going to track record at all sure he says it's worse than that he said. you pull up a piece of paper off his desk joe just got this memo from the circular defenses office that says we're going to attack and destroy the g
policy doesn't really it is there's a lot of contradiction in foreign policy and one learns that i almost gave a diplomat myself and i saw it firsthand but the u.s. is now arming the sum over the rebels in syria and it's giving humanitarian aid to finance the refugees. who are fleeing from syria into jordan it is kind of crazy and the u.s. policy is very confused in syria so all the other western countries they don't know who to support or what to do and probably a lot of them are starting to...
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tucker, two deficit foreign policy objectives. two different very different ways to go about it. >> that's right. in the clip you see the president is walking back against his previous threat against syria. i have to say good for him. the u.s. doesn't have a pressing national interest to entering into the civil war in syria to a greater degree than we already are. the president said in this press conference we will topple the assad government. he also went on to say the u.s. has a moral obligation to stop the killing in syria. it would be interesting for him to explain where that moral obligation comes from. the declaration of independence, constitution, the bible? we don't have a moral obligation. we look at it with regret. there's no obligation to get deeply involved in this country and i have to say i think his moral restraint is warranted. >> he also said we had a moral abgation to act in libya after the mass graves there and in syria topped 70,000 or more. he said numerous times in the last year and a half, two years, assad's
tucker, two deficit foreign policy objectives. two different very different ways to go about it. >> that's right. in the clip you see the president is walking back against his previous threat against syria. i have to say good for him. the u.s. doesn't have a pressing national interest to entering into the civil war in syria to a greater degree than we already are. the president said in this press conference we will topple the assad government. he also went on to say the u.s. has a moral...
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. >> the red line in syria and erratic foreign policy, fox national security experts k.t. mcfarland and john bolton with mcfarland and john bolton with us next. [ lorenzo ] i'm lorenzo. i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal service® works for thousands of home businesses. because at usps.com® you can pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. i can even drop off free boxes. i wear a lot of hats. well, technically i wear one. the u.s. postal service®, no business too small. in >>. >> lou: joining me now, former pentagon official, fox news analyst. k.t. mcfarland, fox news contributor john bolton. k.t., let me start with you. the fact that we know now there are four whistleblowers that shall attacking as we specifically the position by the administration that there was no option to bring military force to bear. your thoughts? >> i understand that they want to cover up for it but if will is blood on somebody's hands? if they had an option to send someone during that eight hour period and they
. >> the red line in syria and erratic foreign policy, fox national security experts k.t. mcfarland and john bolton with mcfarland and john bolton with us next. [ lorenzo ] i'm lorenzo. i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal service® works for thousands of home businesses. because at usps.com® you can pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. i can even drop off free boxes. i wear a lot of hats. well,...
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how about other soft tools of foreign policy such as the form of soviet union. the exchanges of -- [inaudible] at the height of the cold war. that some said there's a great effect on that soviet union that the time. we did those things. we don't do them with small rogue nations or regimes we don't believe we want to change or don't have the ability to. what would you recommend for that? any gentleman on the panel to start using other tools we have in our hat for the foreign policy. i think we important we engage the north koreans, and we have tried to -- there number of american ngo that are involved in north korea. we have ried to encourage them. -- quite frankly, it's probably more helpful if we aren't too close to it. there are a number of american ngo heavily involved in north korea. we think it's helpful and encouraging there. there a number of programs that have attempted to be involved in educational exchanges. last a lack of money and we should probably come up to do it. it may be useful if you talk to the member in congress and say it's worthwhile in te
how about other soft tools of foreign policy such as the form of soviet union. the exchanges of -- [inaudible] at the height of the cold war. that some said there's a great effect on that soviet union that the time. we did those things. we don't do them with small rogue nations or regimes we don't believe we want to change or don't have the ability to. what would you recommend for that? any gentleman on the panel to start using other tools we have in our hat for the foreign policy. i think we...
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it shows the linkages between what happens here in our foreign policy, what happen there's and our abilities to succeed here at home. >> i love it. i think it's a great story. let me get your take on what is going on in some of these hot spots. >> sure. >> in the world like syria, which seems to continue to disintegrate, like north korea, which seems to continue to have more threats against the americans. what is your take on these hot spots? >> well north korea, the real question is whether china is going to use the influence it has to keep the north koreans under control. over the last few weeks, we've seen a little bit of that. north koreans have been barking a lot, but we've not seen a real outbreak of violence. i think it's because the north koreans understand the next korean war will be the last, that the united states and the world are not going to live with this kind of a north korean threat. syria is more difficult. i would say there the united states needs to continue to get involved. but there also needs to be a ceiling on what it is we do. at the end of the day, it's almost a bus
it shows the linkages between what happens here in our foreign policy, what happen there's and our abilities to succeed here at home. >> i love it. i think it's a great story. let me get your take on what is going on in some of these hot spots. >> sure. >> in the world like syria, which seems to continue to disintegrate, like north korea, which seems to continue to have more threats against the americans. what is your take on these hot spots? >> well north korea, the...
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. >> the red linen syria and erratic foreign policy, fox national surity experts k.t. mcfarland and john bolton with us next. [ man ] on december 17, 1903, the wright brothers became the first in flight. [ goodall ] i think the most amazing thing is how like us these chimpanzees are. [ laughing ] [ woman ] can you hear me? and you hear your voice? oh, it's exciting! [ man ] touchdown confirmed. we're safe on mars. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hi. [ baby fussing ] ♪ in >>. >> lou: joining me now, former pentagon official, fox news analyst. k.t. mcfarland, fox news contributor john bolton. k.t., let me start with you. the fact that we know now there are four whistleblowers that shall attacking as we specifically the position by the administration that there was no option to bring military force to bear. your thoughts? >> i understand that they want to cover up for it but if will is blood on somebody's hands? if they had an option to send someone during that eight hour period and they made the decision in advance, don't bother us, that is blood on their hands. >> i've kn
. >> the red linen syria and erratic foreign policy, fox national surity experts k.t. mcfarland and john bolton with us next. [ man ] on december 17, 1903, the wright brothers became the first in flight. [ goodall ] i think the most amazing thing is how like us these chimpanzees are. [ laughing ] [ woman ] can you hear me? and you hear your voice? oh, it's exciting! [ man ] touchdown confirmed. we're safe on mars. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hi. [ baby fussing ] ♪ in >>. >>...
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and she is a strong woman who worked in foreign policy. the first secretary of state to be a many would, something many of us can forget now, there are so many in her shadows after she blazed a trail. she is not afraid to dive into political sites. on election day doing gotv, knocking on doors, canvasing. coincidentally, compared with a member of the truman staff. she is ready to get into the dirt as well as be the stateswoman and, that is what we all need to do to get the policies in this country that we need. at truman i've had the honor of her guidance has she serves on the advisory board and advisory boards and chairwoman of ndi and other groups we think incredibly highly i of. as a testament to the endurance of her leadership madeleine albright once served in scott's position. she used to be the president of the center for national policy. having her today helps us bridge generations and it brings our groups together and please join me in welcoming secretary albright. [applause] >> good morning. thank you very much, dr. kleinfeld. rac
and she is a strong woman who worked in foreign policy. the first secretary of state to be a many would, something many of us can forget now, there are so many in her shadows after she blazed a trail. she is not afraid to dive into political sites. on election day doing gotv, knocking on doors, canvasing. coincidentally, compared with a member of the truman staff. she is ready to get into the dirt as well as be the stateswoman and, that is what we all need to do to get the policies in this...
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foreign policy and the long list includes the white house, the defense department, the fbi and chase bank. we learned the attack could be underway and microsoft could have been hacked already. meantime, chinese government is denying accusations that they are carrying out cyber attacks. some of the reason attacks on u.s. computer systems are tied to the chinese military operating out of big cities. they strongly deny it and say u.s. should work with china on fighting crime. >>> as our kyla campbell talks, she explains it is both countries. >> reporter: they are fed up with joint navy drills between u.s. and south korea. north korea is threatening both countries saying if any shells under up on their land, it comes as the count trip moved its miss sells away -- missiles away from launch pads. after kim jong il threatened for weeks to launch those miss sells. they are using today's talks at the white house to mark the of -- 60th anniversary of the country's alliance and north korea under its new young leader and also on the agenda, president barack obama and park are talking trade and e
foreign policy and the long list includes the white house, the defense department, the fbi and chase bank. we learned the attack could be underway and microsoft could have been hacked already. meantime, chinese government is denying accusations that they are carrying out cyber attacks. some of the reason attacks on u.s. computer systems are tied to the chinese military operating out of big cities. they strongly deny it and say u.s. should work with china on fighting crime. >>> as our...
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he's director and head of senter for foreign policy students. his bio is on our website for those who need more details. butch worked in the asia yags environment and foreign policy. >> it is my great pleasure and honor to be here. i want to thank icas for inviting me. i have to tell you my background is as a military officer i was an army green beray for 29 years so i did that and i was also a defense attache so i was a hunal intelligence collector as well in spent my last four years the military as assist tonight donald rumsfelled who i think you know he had displayed in his office the famous photo of the careen peninsula at night and the difference between the republic of korea and north korea and what the sacrifices of friendly nations could do giving then a people an opportunity to move forward and to build the kind of country that the republic of korea has built and that we hope their cousins to the north can do as well. i have to tell you i am not nearly as qualified to talk about these specific issues as the other gentlemen at this table
he's director and head of senter for foreign policy students. his bio is on our website for those who need more details. butch worked in the asia yags environment and foreign policy. >> it is my great pleasure and honor to be here. i want to thank icas for inviting me. i have to tell you my background is as a military officer i was an army green beray for 29 years so i did that and i was also a defense attache so i was a hunal intelligence collector as well in spent my last four years the...
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policies trying to open up east asia was the one with the most transparent agenda. they sign the treaty permanent amity and peace between the republican of korea and the united states. didn't last very long, i think everyone knows. of 1904 there was a agreement between the united and japan in which japan agreed to recognize the dominion of the united states over the philippines, and also the dominion of the united states over hawaii that the japanese had close relations with l family in hawaii. in exchange the united states agreed to recognize the dominion of japan over korea. in the first half of the 20th century, creerns especially koreans interested in dependence from japan were encouraged by president wilson's statements about self-determination. but despite the fact that many learn of korean independence operated out of the united united states. from philadelphia and have sheraton circle it's a wonderful statute to see. the united states was not sortive of the korea dependence. all of that changed with the attack on pearl harbor. and at that time, the united st
policies trying to open up east asia was the one with the most transparent agenda. they sign the treaty permanent amity and peace between the republican of korea and the united states. didn't last very long, i think everyone knows. of 1904 there was a agreement between the united and japan in which japan agreed to recognize the dominion of the united states over the philippines, and also the dominion of the united states over hawaii that the japanese had close relations with l family in hawaii....
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i am concerned about how our foreign policy has been affected by syria's -- by serious errors in situations just like you're talking about. there are two, one is that currently, witnesses, doctors and patients, have all said that the chemical attacks have come from the rebels. not from the syrian government itself. are you aware of that? and would you at least consider the possibility that it matters who used chemical weapons, if anybody did? that. second leads into our whole mideast policy has been changed by our perception of 9/11. 9/11, the collapse of the world trade centers, was, according to nst, was caused by jet fuel, which is kerosene. kerosene is used around the world for cooking stove, it never melts all the pots. yet there were supposedly pools of melted steel you should the towers. the report refused to look at that, because it would have proved the use of explosives. in what ways would your office be willing to help reconcile this, because this is an error that brought us into wars an even brought us to the doorstep of syria. host: ok. congressman. guest: sure. there has been
i am concerned about how our foreign policy has been affected by syria's -- by serious errors in situations just like you're talking about. there are two, one is that currently, witnesses, doctors and patients, have all said that the chemical attacks have come from the rebels. not from the syrian government itself. are you aware of that? and would you at least consider the possibility that it matters who used chemical weapons, if anybody did? that. second leads into our whole mideast policy has...
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, as well as my colleague, who contributes to foreign policy magazine where i'm the editor in chief, and i think you've done something very unusual with this book. you have managed to do in a way the impossible, linking together in one place margaret thatcher and the ayatollah, and the great counterrevolutionary year of 1979, and very provocative but this was a year that -- in which basically the backlash or the return of markets and religion to global politics in a big way, signaled a counterrevolution towards the reactions of the earlier postwar era. how did you come up with that? who could write a book that says, margaret thatcher, the communists, and the ayatollah, and the onan revolution north carolina have a common, never mind pope john paul ii and the resurgence of religion in a factor of polish. how did you come up with putting these things together? >> guest: had to thereto do with my reporting in afghanistan after 9/11. you were there, too. we actually stayed in the same house for a while. you were with washington post, i was with news week, and the house struck me at the t
, as well as my colleague, who contributes to foreign policy magazine where i'm the editor in chief, and i think you've done something very unusual with this book. you have managed to do in a way the impossible, linking together in one place margaret thatcher and the ayatollah, and the great counterrevolutionary year of 1979, and very provocative but this was a year that -- in which basically the backlash or the return of markets and religion to global politics in a big way, signaled a...
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it makes it difficult to formulate a consistent foreign policy. is first and most obvious globalization. a little more than generation, billions of reservoir of knowledge and to the means for broadcasting their opinions to a worldwide audience. this has extraordinary for people who are unhappy and desire to change. the elected leaders are immune from the pressure that is now emanating from social networks and the streets. we can see the results in the partisan divide plague our country, in the division in europe, in the overthrow of arab dictators, and in russia as a pro-democracy movement. it is no accident that many countries new political leaders are popping up almost overnight and there able to capture votes. less because of their ideas than because of their skill in exploiting frustrations. in some countries, experiments are under way in "crowd sourcing democracy." bear in mind that national leaders are increasingly vulnerable to changes in public sentiment. becomes more dispersed, the same is true for power among countries. in the past 15 ye
it makes it difficult to formulate a consistent foreign policy. is first and most obvious globalization. a little more than generation, billions of reservoir of knowledge and to the means for broadcasting their opinions to a worldwide audience. this has extraordinary for people who are unhappy and desire to change. the elected leaders are immune from the pressure that is now emanating from social networks and the streets. we can see the results in the partisan divide plague our country, in the...
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policy is generally seen as being economically not politically driven so why the support for palestine than rather naser zero with which beijing has much more trade . well the region obviously is of increasing strategic importance to china as the major power or as china seeks to enhance his major power state to influence you certainly wants to play a certain role in the region to contact is you konami interests which are of strategic importance to china as well from the strategic point of view of china certainly doesn't want to see the united states dominating the region china and the stance that is influence is still limited it has no direct military projection capabilities but it has the lead to however in the united nations security council it has substance or any trade and investment activities in the region and potentially you can serve. to the region as well and quickly china is of course now a major global economic force and doesn't mean its political influence now following suit yes as i have just mentioned china's goals are limited time to certainly hopes to be able to play a
policy is generally seen as being economically not politically driven so why the support for palestine than rather naser zero with which beijing has much more trade . well the region obviously is of increasing strategic importance to china as the major power or as china seeks to enhance his major power state to influence you certainly wants to play a certain role in the region to contact is you konami interests which are of strategic importance to china as well from the strategic point of view...
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they confirm the important foreign-policy task of representing the united states and will be continuing the important diplomatic report become. i have every confidence she's up to the task to move us forward and libya and in north africa of great importance to our country. i'm thankful for the time she spent with me discussing these idle issues come a peaceful and democratic libya is important for regional stability, for the interest of the united states. it's no secret that gadhafi regime created lasting damage and libya by militant groups have attempted to take advantage that is still in transition. ambassador jones will work with the libyan government to enhance security in the change of the ban will have the important work of balancing access to security at embassies and consulates through our discussions. i know she's mindful of this import job. she has a keen understanding of the responsibility given to her by the president if confirmed. mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to introduce ambassador john. the president has clearly chosen an individual of great experience, exp
they confirm the important foreign-policy task of representing the united states and will be continuing the important diplomatic report become. i have every confidence she's up to the task to move us forward and libya and in north africa of great importance to our country. i'm thankful for the time she spent with me discussing these idle issues come a peaceful and democratic libya is important for regional stability, for the interest of the united states. it's no secret that gadhafi regime...
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i would suggest that this is exhibit a that our foreign policy in the mideast is not working. jon: a lot of questions yet to be answered, perhaps we start getting answers tomorrow at the hearings. >> one last thing. i hope there is bi-partisan desire to get to the truth here, because there should be bipartisan desire to find out what happened to these people and why the story told in washington was so wrong. jon: a very important point. senator lindsey graham thank you. >> thank you. jenna: now this fox news alert and so many questions remain after the dramatic rescue of three women missing for ten years in cleveland. three brothers arrested in connection with the kidnappings after one woman managed to escape with the help of a good samaritan nearby. police responding to this home in 2004 as part of an unrelated investigation involving one suspect. when no one answered the door apparently they just left. that may not have been one of the missed opportunities in this case, and there is no way of knowing now with the limited information whether or not that was indeed a missed op
i would suggest that this is exhibit a that our foreign policy in the mideast is not working. jon: a lot of questions yet to be answered, perhaps we start getting answers tomorrow at the hearings. >> one last thing. i hope there is bi-partisan desire to get to the truth here, because there should be bipartisan desire to find out what happened to these people and why the story told in washington was so wrong. jon: a very important point. senator lindsey graham thank you. >> thank...
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ambassador jones if confirmed will be taking on the important foreign policy task of representing the united states in libya. she will be continuing the important diplomatic work begun by ambassador stevens. i have every confidence she is up to the task to move us forward in libya, and in north africa, which has emerged as a region of great importance to our country. and i am thankful for the time she has already spent with me discussing these vital issues. a peaceful and democratic electricways important for regional stability, it is important for the interests of the united states, and it is no secret that the gadhafi regime created lasting damage in libya. or that the militant groups that have attempted to take advantage of a government and country that is still in transition. ambassador jones will need to work with the libyan government to enhance security and the rule of law. and she will have the important work of balancing access with security at our embassies and consulates through -- i know she is going to do that well, and through our discussions i know she is mineful of thi
ambassador jones if confirmed will be taking on the important foreign policy task of representing the united states in libya. she will be continuing the important diplomatic work begun by ambassador stevens. i have every confidence she is up to the task to move us forward in libya, and in north africa, which has emerged as a region of great importance to our country. and i am thankful for the time she has already spent with me discussing these vital issues. a peaceful and democratic...
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policy and economy of the united states. for these reasons, i have determined that it is necessary to continue in effect the national emergency declared with respect to this threat and to maintain it and enforce the sanctions to address this national emergency. in addition, the united states condemns the assad's regime abuse of brutal violence and human rights abuses and calls on the assad regime to stop its violent war and step aside to allow a political transition in syria toward a future of greater freedom, democracy, opportunity and justice. united states will consider changes in the composition of policies and actions of the government of syria in determining whether to continue or terminate this until emergency in the future. sind barack obama, the white house. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. . . under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana, mr. fleming, for 30 minutes. mr. fleming: thank you, mr. sp
policy and economy of the united states. for these reasons, i have determined that it is necessary to continue in effect the national emergency declared with respect to this threat and to maintain it and enforce the sanctions to address this national emergency. in addition, the united states condemns the assad's regime abuse of brutal violence and human rights abuses and calls on the assad regime to stop its violent war and step aside to allow a political transition in syria toward a future of...
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. >> rose: we begin there evening with a pressing issues facing leaders in washington, foreign policy is front and center with the escalading chaos in syria, new accusations of chinese cyberattack and the risk of if you clear proliferation. president obama addressed recent provocaon fro north rea earlier today at a joint press conference with the president of south korea. >> the days when north korea could create a crisis and elicit concessions,s this days are over. our two nations are prepared to engage with north korea diplomatically and over time build trust. but as always and as president pak has made clear, the burden is on pyongyang to take meaningful steps to abide by its commitments and obligations, particularly the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> rose: a little more than 100 days into president obama second term he also faces a series of domestic challenges. gun control legislation that would have extended background tests failed to pass the stat last month. the administration has yet to contend with deficit reduction, immigration reform and new threats to homela
. >> rose: we begin there evening with a pressing issues facing leaders in washington, foreign policy is front and center with the escalading chaos in syria, new accusations of chinese cyberattack and the risk of if you clear proliferation. president obama addressed recent provocaon fro north rea earlier today at a joint press conference with the president of south korea. >> the days when north korea could create a crisis and elicit concessions,s this days are over. our two nations...
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what would you recommend to start using some of the other tools we have in our hat of foreign policy? >> i think it's extremely important that we engage the north koreans. and we have tried to and there are a number of american n.g.o.'s that are involved in north korea. we have tried to encourage them. we've tried to help them provide assistance in terms of engaging the north koreans. it's probably more helpful if we aren't too close. but there are a number of american n.g.o.'s that are heavily involved in north korea. we think it's helpful and encouraging. there are a number of programs that have attempted to be involved in education al exchanges. there is a lack of money and we probably should come up with money to do it. it may be useful for you to talk to congressmen and say it is worthwhile to put money into exchange programs which a number of universities have done exchange programs where they brought people over to look at economy, rule of law issues, how do you deal with foreign trade issues. there are some that have done it with ago gri culture. these are all things we try to
what would you recommend to start using some of the other tools we have in our hat of foreign policy? >> i think it's extremely important that we engage the north koreans. and we have tried to and there are a number of american n.g.o.'s that are involved in north korea. we have tried to encourage them. we've tried to help them provide assistance in terms of engaging the north koreans. it's probably more helpful if we aren't too close. but there are a number of american n.g.o.'s that are...
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and my understanding, the foreign ministry not only objects that we have our own, but also that clearly that the u.s. system is viewed as a threat to china, not just in north korea. and that president park or perhaps the defense ministry said where far more concerned with -- which is a very interesting statement. so i wonder if both one of the americans are one of the koreans could give me your view of that whole issue. >> thank you. i would like to go on terms of economic relationship, put the issue in broader content. the restructure of both economic powers. [inaudible] 75% of u.s. exports, 95% of chinese exports. today, china is 80% larger than us. this is big, really big for south korea. as far as an investor was country to negotiate a free trade agreement with china. so my question is in his quite rapidly changing set of economic interests, what's in store for changes for economic strategy by the government in particular, the economic strategy between china and south korea? >> okay, we have three great good question. one about nuclear cooperation, one about abm, and the bouncing of
and my understanding, the foreign ministry not only objects that we have our own, but also that clearly that the u.s. system is viewed as a threat to china, not just in north korea. and that president park or perhaps the defense ministry said where far more concerned with -- which is a very interesting statement. so i wonder if both one of the americans are one of the koreans could give me your view of that whole issue. >> thank you. i would like to go on terms of economic relationship,...
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correspondent creature theatre to the new york review of books as well as my colleague and contributes to foreign-policy magazine where i am the editor-in-chief. i think you have done some very unusual things with this book which is that you have managed to do in a way the impossible, linking together in one place margaret thatcher and ayatollah khamenei as characters in a unified narrative about the great counterrevolutionary year of 1979 and a very provocative that this was the year in which basically the backlash or the return of markets and religion to global politics in a big way signaled a counterrevolution toward the reactions of the earlier post-war era. you know, how did you come up with that? who could possibly write a book that says margaret thatcher deng xiaoping, the ayatollah khamenei, the communists and the iranian revolutionary having, nevermind pope john paul ii and the resurgence of religion as a factor in polish national labor which is a whole fascinating part of the book. how did you come up with putting these things together? >> guest: it had a lot to do with my reporting in afghani
correspondent creature theatre to the new york review of books as well as my colleague and contributes to foreign-policy magazine where i am the editor-in-chief. i think you have done some very unusual things with this book which is that you have managed to do in a way the impossible, linking together in one place margaret thatcher and ayatollah khamenei as characters in a unified narrative about the great counterrevolutionary year of 1979 and a very provocative that this was the year in which...
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government over foreign policy. this morning microsoft confirms that its windows 8 is affected by hackers. the target is said to be american government employees, contractors who work in the nuclear research sector and europeans who work in the industry. now, analysts say that could be an indication that the hackers are trying to obtain sensitive military information. the department of homeland security keeping watch over government agency websites and banks this morning for signs of hacking but did release a statement saying that the breach will "likely result in limited disruption." now, coming up in our next hour of "mornings on 2," some concerns about banking accounts and more connections to china mentioned in the reports of the hack attacks. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> families impacted by the boston marathon bombing will soon be getting compensation. the distributor says the $28 million should receive money by the end of june. the injured and survivors are being asked to register by next week and submit
government over foreign policy. this morning microsoft confirms that its windows 8 is affected by hackers. the target is said to be american government employees, contractors who work in the nuclear research sector and europeans who work in the industry. now, analysts say that could be an indication that the hackers are trying to obtain sensitive military information. the department of homeland security keeping watch over government agency websites and banks this morning for signs of hacking...
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where former nba star, dennis rodman, vented about the president's foreign policy to north korean leader kim jong-un. >> how about that one? >> reporter: rodman, who visited the communist nation in 2013, is planning a return trip in august. this time, he's on a mission, a mission he feels president obama can't get done. >> obama can't do [ bleep ]. i don't know why he won't do that for us. >> reporter: rodman, hoping to bring home kenneth bay, recently sentenced to 15 years hard labor in north korea, after being accused of smuggling anti-government propaganda into the country. >> it's going to be difficult because i think it's -- his nationality is close. like his background. >> reporter: after rodman's 2013 trip, the basketball star turned man of diplomacy, drew controversy for his prize of kim jong-un. now rodman is reaching out to unvia twitter, saying do me a vid and cut kenneth bay lose. he gives credit to un for another solid. >> he can do one thing. he took the missiles back. thank you. >> reporter: a u.s. official tells me they are calling for the north koreans to grant bay amnes
where former nba star, dennis rodman, vented about the president's foreign policy to north korean leader kim jong-un. >> how about that one? >> reporter: rodman, who visited the communist nation in 2013, is planning a return trip in august. this time, he's on a mission, a mission he feels president obama can't get done. >> obama can't do [ bleep ]. i don't know why he won't do that for us. >> reporter: rodman, hoping to bring home kenneth bay, recently sentenced to 15...
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as far as the united states' foreign policy is concerned, though, the between issues of whether iran has human rights -- horrible human rights record and is an un-democratic country should not be related to the nuclear issue. they are, as far as i'm concerned, unrelated. because if you try to relate those two issues, you'll ner get anywheit t iranian government. you're not going to be able to bring down the iranian government through rhetoric. you're not going to be able to get the iranian people to rise up against this regime through rhetoric. and by telling the iranian regime that we hate you because of your human rights record, by telling the iranian people we stand with you against this horrible dictatorship, you're actually helping the rescream because the regime turns around and tells its people they're not worried about the nuclear issue. what they're really trying to do is overthrow us. what they're trying to do is overthrow the gentleman regime you voted into pow -- severe the regime you voted into power. that you wanted, the americans don't want. that's what they're concern
as far as the united states' foreign policy is concerned, though, the between issues of whether iran has human rights -- horrible human rights record and is an un-democratic country should not be related to the nuclear issue. they are, as far as i'm concerned, unrelated. because if you try to relate those two issues, you'll ner get anywheit t iranian government. you're not going to be able to bring down the iranian government through rhetoric. you're not going to be able to get the iranian...
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. >> i tell you what, she is on national shows, she is involved in foreign-policy. your comment about principles and the party -- thank you for being with it. give her my best. >> will do. >> you ever much, governor. >> i thought you last time you were here. to see you. i hope you come back out. [inaudible] >> thank you for your service. i know that there are a lot of folks -- so thank you for your service. i actually have a nice picture with -- at the budget meeting. i have a great picture i can hang up on my wall. -- he looks really good. he is doing well. , ii see susan king charles they areplane -- friends. kind of like a -- >> oh. [inaudible] >> i would visit your wife. >> one more photo. .ight here thank you very much. >> governor, i thank you for coming. thank you. a campaign. >> he is a great guy. >> it was excellent. the is a lot of money in your game. what is your secret? >> a lot of things. one thing that happened was four years [inaudible] people are willing to make those changes. it is wanting to compare yourself far away, but when you look around you y
. >> i tell you what, she is on national shows, she is involved in foreign-policy. your comment about principles and the party -- thank you for being with it. give her my best. >> will do. >> you ever much, governor. >> i thought you last time you were here. to see you. i hope you come back out. [inaudible] >> thank you for your service. i know that there are a lot of folks -- so thank you for your service. i actually have a nice picture with -- at the budget...
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as far as the united states' foreign policy is concerned, though, the two issues of whether iran has human rights, a horrible human rights record and is an undemocratic country should not be related to the nuclear issue. they are, as far as i'm concerned, unrelated. because if you try to relate those two issues, you'll never get anywhere with the iranian government. you're not going to be able to bring down the iranian government through rhetoric. you're not going to be able to get the iranian people to rise up against this regime through rhetoric. and by telling the iranian regime that we hate you because of your human rights record, by telling the iranian people we stand with against this horrible dictatorship, you're actually helping the regime. because the regime turns around and tells its people, they're not really worried about the nuclear issue. what they're really trying to do is overthrow us. what they're really trying to do is overthrow the regime that you voted into power 33 years ago. your government, your system of government that you wanted, the americans don't want, th
as far as the united states' foreign policy is concerned, though, the two issues of whether iran has human rights, a horrible human rights record and is an undemocratic country should not be related to the nuclear issue. they are, as far as i'm concerned, unrelated. because if you try to relate those two issues, you'll never get anywhere with the iranian government. you're not going to be able to bring down the iranian government through rhetoric. you're not going to be able to get the iranian...
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joe cirincione a foreign policy guru of our own will be here to talk about syria and benghazi. dennis van roekel head of the national education association here to help us salute teachers in this teacher appreciation week. igor volsky as always on tuesday morning will be here from think progress and yes senators, republicans and democrats yesterday voted for a new tax. sales tax. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday other headlines make news. after traveling and working over the weekend, president obama played golf yesterday but it was a working round. in a bipartisan foursome out at andrews air force base just outside washington. he invited democratic senator mark udall of utah and corcoran and chambliss while you on a tall is known as the best golfer in the senate, it was chambliss the georgia republican who had the shot of the day. a spokeswoman confirms he shot a hole in one on the par 3 11th hole. >> bill: the time to shoot a hole in one is when you're playing with the president of the united states. >> that's remarkable. one of my best friend
joe cirincione a foreign policy guru of our own will be here to talk about syria and benghazi. dennis van roekel head of the national education association here to help us salute teachers in this teacher appreciation week. igor volsky as always on tuesday morning will be here from think progress and yes senators, republicans and democrats yesterday voted for a new tax. sales tax. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday other headlines make news....
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i am concerned about how our foreign policy has been affected by the serious errors in situations just like you are talking about. there are two. witnesses, currently doctors, and patients have all said that the chemical attacks and come from the rebels not from the syrian government itself. are you aware of that? would you at least consider the possibility that it matters who used chemical weapons, if anybody did? and the second leads into that. our whole middle east policy has been changed by our perception of 9/11. -- thes the collapse collapse of the world trade center, was according to -- caused by jet fuel. kerosene is used around the world for cooking. it has never melted a pot yet. but it melted underneath a three towers. the news reports refused to look at that because that would have proved the use of explosives. would your office be willing to help reconcile this, because this is an error that has brought us into wars and even bought us to the doorstep of syria? host: congressman? guest: there has been much analysis of the use of chemical weapons and he used them. there is a
i am concerned about how our foreign policy has been affected by the serious errors in situations just like you are talking about. there are two. witnesses, currently doctors, and patients have all said that the chemical attacks and come from the rebels not from the syrian government itself. are you aware of that? would you at least consider the possibility that it matters who used chemical weapons, if anybody did? and the second leads into that. our whole middle east policy has been changed by...
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policy challenge looms in syria. >> i think it would be adequate for him to send a very firm message, perhaps in the form of a few cruise missiles. >> reporter: but republican senator john mccain labeled the white house response so far a tragedy. >> the president has avoided involvement in syria, much to the shame and disgrace of the united states of america. >> is this an accurate or inaccurate portrayal of how the president has been handling? >> we strongly disagree with those comments. the fact of the matter is, jumping to conclusions and acting before you have all the facts is not a good recipe for weighty policy decision making. >> reporter: and white house aides argue the administration has taken significant steps, including tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid to the syrian people and distance to the opposition, but what happens next, arm the rebels, a no-fly zone to protect them? the president won't rule anything out except, it seems, u.s. troops on the ground. >> i do not foresee a scenario in which boots on the ground in syria, american boots on the ground in syr
policy challenge looms in syria. >> i think it would be adequate for him to send a very firm message, perhaps in the form of a few cruise missiles. >> reporter: but republican senator john mccain labeled the white house response so far a tragedy. >> the president has avoided involvement in syria, much to the shame and disgrace of the united states of america. >> is this an accurate or inaccurate portrayal of how the president has been handling? >> we strongly...
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discussion we have to recall that in foreign policy the e.u. plays a phenomenal role in terms of its nonmilitary assistance. nonmilitary preventive assistance is provided for to a large proportion by the european union. 60% of foreign aid comes from the european union. so when we talk about burden sharing, if we want to talk about being fair, we have to take those numbers into account. i do hope that this cooperation will flourish, and i do hope the europeans will take their military responsibilities more seriously. .. >> first generation product. works similar to a breathalyzer. in order to start the vehicle the phone has to be literally docked and locked in our system in order to start the car. >> what we have here is campaign to draw education against the dangers of texting and driving. we created this online simulator that we actually bring to high schools and events across the country. we're trying to bring the message home in very safe environment how difficult it is to text and drive. >> see technology that helps shape public policy we'l
discussion we have to recall that in foreign policy the e.u. plays a phenomenal role in terms of its nonmilitary assistance. nonmilitary preventive assistance is provided for to a large proportion by the european union. 60% of foreign aid comes from the european union. so when we talk about burden sharing, if we want to talk about being fair, we have to take those numbers into account. i do hope that this cooperation will flourish, and i do hope the europeans will take their military...